a whodunit
I stayed up all night reading a thrilling whodunit.
我熬夜读了一本扣人心弦的侦探小说。
侦探小说;推理作品;侦探片
whodunits — plural of whodunit
侦探小说或戏剧;惊险刺激读物
a story, play, or film about a crime, usually murder, presented as a mystery
侦探小说或戏剧
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
I stayed up late last night reading a clever whodunit set in a small English village.
我昨晚熬夜读了一本背景设定在英国小村庄的巧妙侦探小说。
用法提示:whodunit 为可数名词,此处指侦探小说。
This whodunit keeps you guessing until the very last page, and I didn't guess the murderer at all.
这部侦探小说让你猜到最后一页,我完全没猜出凶手。
用法提示:whodunit 作主语,指一部推理作品。
She has written several whodunits, and her latest one is being made into a film.
她写了好几部侦探小说,最新的一部正在被改编成电影。
用法提示:whodunits 为复数形式,指多部侦探小说。
I stayed up all night reading a thrilling whodunit.
我熬夜读了一本扣人心弦的侦探小说。
She has written many whodunits in her career.
她在职业生涯中写了许多侦探小说。
常与动词reveal, keep等连用。
The whodunit reveals the murderer in the last chapter.
这部侦探小说在最后一章揭示了凶手。
whodunit 更强调侦探推理出凶手的结构,而 murder mystery 更突出谋杀案本身。
detective story 是更直白的说法,覆盖小说、影视等,whodunit 则更口语化。
mystery 泛指一切悬疑解谜作品,不一定有谋杀案或侦探角色。
crime novel 涵盖抢劫、诈骗等非命案犯罪,whodunit 几乎专指谋杀案。
thriller 强调紧张惊险,未必包含推理破案过程,换用时需注意语气差异。
grammar · medium
易错句子I like to whodunit.
正确表达I like whodunits.
whodunit 是名词,不是动词,因此不能用作谓语。应使用名词形式,并注意可数名词复数。
grammar · medium
易错句子I read a who done it last night.
正确表达I read a whodunit last night.
whodunit 是固定拼写的复合名词,不应拆分为短语 'who done it',后者语法不规范。
whodunit特指侦探破案类,而mystery范围更广
whodunit侧重推理破案,thriller侧重紧张刺激
一部经典侦探小说
This novel is a classic whodunit with a surprising ending.
这部小说是一部经典侦探小说,结局出人意料。
读侦探小说
I like to read a whodunit on the train.
我喜欢在火车上读侦探小说。
看侦探剧
We watched a whodunit last night and guessed the murderer early.
我们昨晚看了一部侦探剧,而且很早就猜出了凶手。
一部扣人心弦的侦探作品
The movie is a gripping whodunit that keeps you guessing.
这部电影扣人心弦,让你一直猜不到凶手。
侦探推理作品类型
She specializes in the whodunit genre.
她专攻侦探推理作品类型。
who + done + it(由 who has done it 缩合而来,无前缀/后缀)
侦探小说或戏剧中通常有侦探通过线索查明凶手。
这类作品常以谋杀案为核心情节。
侦探依靠线索一步步推断出罪犯。
故事中会出现多位嫌疑人,增加悬念。
嫌疑人的不在场证明常被用来排除或确认其嫌疑。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.